Sources Sought
Spacecraft Electrical ?Power Systems (Pre-RFI Market Research)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Sol. SBPO-2610-03092026
Due in 21 days
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA is doing market research to find small businesses (or small-business-led teams or joint ventures) with experience in spacecraft electrical power systems. This is a sources-sought request for information, not a solicitation. Responses are due October 30, 2026.
Watch out for
- Market research only. Responding does not lead to a guaranteed contract; JPL is only gathering information about possible sources.
- Specialized spaceflight experience. Needs proven work on spacecraft power systems, which is hard to show without a spaceflight background.
Experience with solar array performance and degradation and spacecraft power interactions with electric propulsion systems
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Full brief
What they want
- Small businesses with experience in spacecraft electrical power systems across design, development, analysis, integration, testing and qualification
- Experience with solar arrays, batteries, power electronics and distribution, high-power and high-voltage systems, direct-drive architectures and energy storage
- Experience with solar array performance and degradation and with power interactions with electric propulsion systems (especially relevant)
- Complete the attachment documents and email them to the JPL Small Business Programs Office
- Place of performance
- Pasadena, CA
- Offers due
- 2026-10-30T15:00:00-07:00 (October 30, 2026, 3:00 PM Pacific)
- How to submit
- Email to smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov
What to include when you submit
- Download and complete the attachment documents, then email them to the JPL Small Business Programs Office
- Three webinars were held September 22, 23 and 24, 2026 to answer questions; registration links were in the SAM.gov posting
You must have
- Small business, small business joint venture, or team led by a small business, with demonstrated spacecraft electrical power systems experience
JPL is seeking information from qualified small businesses with demonstrated experience supporting spacecraft electrical power systems
Not in the notice text
- What the attached forms ask for
- The specific scope of work, size and value of any future subcontract
- Contract type and period
- Whether a solicitation will follow
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 30, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- SBPO-2610-03092026
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Office
- NASA Management Office -- JPL
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 336414
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Place of performance
- Pasadena, CA, 91101
- Contracting contact
- JPL Small Business Programs Officesmallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is reviewing options to find Small Businesses and/or Small Business Joint Ventures or Teams led by a Small Businesses with experience performing the below scope tasks. JPL is seeking information from qualified small businesses with demonstrated experience supporting spacecraft electrical power systems throughout the design, development, analysis, integration, testing, and qualification lifecycle. Relevant capabilities include electrical power systems (EPS), solar arrays, batteries, power electronics and distribution, high-power and high-voltage systems, direct-drive architectures, energy storage, and power management and distribution. Experience with solar array performance and degradation and spacecraft power interactions with electric propulsion systems is particularly relevant. If interested in this opportunity, please download and complete the attachment documents and submit to the JPL Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) at smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov. Also, JPL will host three webinars on the dates listed below to address questions live. Contract Technical Managers, the Subcontracts Manager, and representatives from the JPL Small Business Programs Office may be in attendance. Webinar registration links are in the “Attachments/Links” section of the SAM.gov pov posting. Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT Thursday, September 24, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT JPL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) managed by Caltech University in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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